Finishing-machine



-J. F. STANDISH.

FINISHING MACHINE. APPLICAIION FILED now. I, 1917.

Patnted June 15 1920= 4 SHEET$-SHEET 1.

J. F. STANDISH.

FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLICAHON FILED NOV. I, 1917.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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I. F. STANDISH.

FINISHING MACHINE,

APPLICAHON HLlzl) NOV. 1, I917.

Patented June 15, 1920.

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FINISHING MACHINE.

APPLICAIION mu) NOV. I-. I91].

Patented J ur ne 15, 1920.

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. FINISHING-MACHINE.

Application filcil Noveinb-er 1, 1917. f serial No. 199,655.

V T 0 allwhomc't may concern."

Be it'known that 1,.TOHN" F.'STANDISH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winthrop, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Finishing-llachines, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to machinesforv im parting a finishlto the surfaces of such'art1- cles as shoes, it being more'especially applicable to machines for burnishing the edges of shoe heels; t

High heels of womens' shoes which have a considerable pitch and curvature are usu-'.

ally inclined at the heel seat, being higher at.

the rear than at the breast. Such heels are difficult to burnish without rubbing and defacing the upper at the forward part of the heel, the rubbing members orburnishing tools tending to work over the upper at the same height from th'e'r'ear to the'breast'.

To operate rapidly upon such heels also gives trouble, since the'tool's heretofore em-' i ployed have-not been adapted to-conform well to the long and varying curves. 7 More over, in burnishing machines generally, the

supply of wax or other finishing mediumto the tools. is not always satisfactory, the

' quantity delivered not-being correct and lacking in uniformity. V y

This invention hasfor one of its objects the provision, in'a "finishing machine, of means whereby at such times as the rubbing members might come in contact with the upper, said members are so controlled that injury to the upperis prevented. This control I obtain'through the movement of the work itself, by connecting, in the form of the invention illustrated, the work support to the burnishing members which are to be moved. I p

Another object of the invention is to furnish means for operating simultaneously and'in an effective manner over the entire height of the heel. In attaining this result in accordance withone emb'odiment'of the invention a series of rubbing members is provided, either with or without thework con-' trolled series "as the shape of the heel may require, members of the first-mentioned serles'being adjustable in such'a manner that it will generally conform in contour to the heel, and furthermaking the members yieldable whereby they will .conform' exactly to I the heel operated upon. As to attain a relatively perfect continuity of rubbing surface the.1nd1v1dual members must be narrow in the direction of the height of the heel, I

cause complete contact over the surface un der treatment-by moving members over at: least a portion of the same area as those ad-J jacent to them, so that no untreated surface" is left. More specifically, adjacent" rubbing members overlap one another, lying at an.

1 angle to the direction of movement. x

A further object of theinvention is to effect the application ofwax or other fin lshmg medium to the rubbing members in the proper quantity and. regularly between the operationsupon the work. To'this end there 1s preferably interposed between the rality 'of, members, one of which transfers a layer or film of the material upon a suitable. surface from the receptacle to a point at which another member having an'applying' surface .is brought into contact with such layer and then into contact with-the rubbingmembers. The regular actuation of this feed may be governed by the work, there being shown herein connections be- .75 I wax receptacle andrubbing members a plu soi tween the, work support and the driving.

mechanism for the applying means.

One organization for the accomplishment i of this and other objectsis herein described. and illustrated in the accompanyingdraw ings, in which 1 "Figure 1 is a top plan view of oneform of my improved machine;

Fig. 2 is-a side elevation,'looking from.

the leftiin Fig. 1, the base' portion ofthe I frame being omitted;

Fig. 3 is a partial side ele'vatiom-"taken from the same point as Fig. 2, illustrating I another position of the elements, parts he ing broken away;

Fig, 4: is apartial top plan view with the waxreceptacle removed;

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 55 of Fig'. 4 showing one of thelrubbing meinfbers and its supporting "and actuating means; 7 I V Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the. carrying and actuating means for the rubbing members, one of the work-controlled series of members belng shown as separated from i the adjacent carriers;

the work. This shaft is rocked in its bear- 7 ings by a crank 14 ;joined by a connecting 15 rod 16 to a crank 18 secured to a shaft 20- turning in the frame at the rear of the 'shaft12. The shaft 20 also has fast upon it a crank 22 from.which a connecting rod 24 extends to a crank disk 26 carried by the 20v end of a main driving shaft 28. Friction connections 30 may be interposed between. the disk 26 and the shaft 28, these being capable of slipping if undue strain is brought upon the machine in its operation.

25 At'the' outer extremity of the shaft 12, situated'beyond a vertical wall 32 of the frame,

is' a square portion 34 at the inner side of which is an annular flange 36 adjacent to the wall 32 and shown as integral with the shaft. Upon this portion 34 are mounted carriers for a series of oscillatory rubbing or burnishing members which are to act over the greater portion of the work, consldermg, for example, in this connection the height of a shoe heel. These carriers,

as shown, are in the form' of generally rec- .tangular frames 38 having elongated open- I ings to fit the portion 34 to slide thereon, the openings being of sufficient length to per Eachcarrier may be mit this movement. adjusted upon the portion 34 with respect to the work support, which will later be; described, and fixed in position by a screw 40 threaded through the inner end of the car-' rier frame and having at its inner extremity a head 42 entering a T-slot in the portion 34.

The screws may be turned by squared heads accessible through openings 44 in the frame to effect. the .desired independent adjustments.

from the screw 40 is an outwardly project ing portion 45 at the upper side of which is a pin 46. This pin enters a recess 50 in a rubbing or burnishing member, which includes a supporting portion 48 fitting the extension 45 of the carrier to slide thereon.

A spring 52, seated in a cylindrical bore in V the end of the extension 45, contacts with the opposite surface of the supporting portion 48, tending to force it outwardly until stopped by the contact of the pin 46 with the wall of the slot. Preferably integral with the portion 48 is the burnishing memberproper, designated by the numeral 54,

having a working surface extending in the At the opposite end of each 02111161 spects similar to the members 54 previously shape of an are through about 180 and be ing curved transversely, the sides of the adjacent members operating in contact with one another and being thus held against lateral movement. inclined at an angle to the supporting portion andtov the direction of rubbing movement so that it overlaps the adj acent members, operating over the same areas. By this arrangement complete contact. of the burnishing tool as a Whole with the work is assured. In addition to the burnishing members adjustable bythe screws 40 upon the squared portion 34,this series includes an inner non-adjustable though yieldable member mounted upon an extension 55 from the flange 36.1 This extension is. similar to those numbered 45 and the manner of mount- :1

ing the burnishing member on it is the same.

The purpose of the series of burnishingmembers justdescribed is to operate over that portion of the height of the heel from the top lift to the juncture of the breast and shank of the shoe. .To cooperate with the remaining portion of the heel, which by the inclination of the heel seat would tend to cause the rubbing members to come into con tact with the upper adjacent to the breast of the heel, a second seriesof rubbing members is provided less-in number than the first series. These,-in addition to their yield, are arranged to be oscillated by the actuating shaft 12 and also to be ositively'and auto- I matically moved .towar and from the work.

I For this purpose each-;member is mounted .100

upon a compound carrier consisting of a slide or primary member 56 guided between a bed plate 58 upon the frame and an upper plate 60. An outer member 59 held by bolts I 61 passing through slots 63 in the plates 58 and 60 retains the membersj56 in place and allows their number to bevaried. At the outer end of each member 56 is a recess having an arcuate wall: 62 extendingthrough more than 180. The secondary member 64 of the carrier has a circular portion fitting within the recess and retained by the forward ends of the wall 62 and also has an extension 66, the latter carrying the burnishing member proper, which may be in all redescribed. To connect the outer or automati'cally adjusted series of members, so

that they may be oscillated by the rock shaft 12, this shaft has an axialopening through which extendsa rod '68 secured in place by a nut 70 threaded upon the outer end. This serves to draw ahead 72 upon the opposite end of the rod against the squared portion 34 of the shaft to retain the carriers 38 in place thereon, a reduced portion 7 3 of the head entering the opening in the preceding carrier. Thehead72 serves as an intermediate carrier, this being non-1 adjustable but bearing upon it one of the This working surface is 70.

burnishing members 54 pressed outwardly by a spring 52. A slot 7 5 in the outer face of the member 7 2 receives a connecting member or key 74 in the shape of a cross having two members lying side by side in different planes at right anglesto one another. The

length'of the member entering the slot in the carrier 72 is such that it may be slid therein. The other member'of the key fits a .vertical slot 7 6 in the first of the secondary may be in this second series as many as are necessary to cover the inclined upperportion of the heel, they being joined for the longitudinal and oscillatory movement by other keys 74. The alternate members 64 have horizontal slots, instead of the vertical slot 76 as in the device just described, which are sufiicient in length to permit the horizontaltravel of the carrier. In the present instance three carriersand burnishing members are shown in the second series.

To actuate the carriers 56 with their burnishing members to obtain positive movement at such predetermined times as the form of the heel to be burnished may re- 5 quire, each of the carrier members 56 has a "the angles in which they are. positioned.

The carriers are forced against-the cams by coiled springs 86-, the outer hookedends 88 ofwhich engage recesses in the carrier portions 56, while their inner extremities are secured to a shaft 90 mounted to turn at'the bottom of the frame. Thisshaft has fixed upon it a'ra-tchet wheel 92 and a handle 93,

the ratchet wheel having cooperating with it'a pawl94 pivoted upon the frame. This pawl retains the shaft 90 in the position to which it may be turned by the handle, en-

abling the tension of the springs and the cylindrical surface allowing the withdrawal of the rubbing member when it would con tact with the upper of the shoe.

To properly-time thecams in their rotation, their operation is governed by the movement of the work itselfduring burnishing. Fast upon the shaft 82 is a. sprocket wheel 98 connectedby a chain 100 to a sprocket wheel 102 secured to a shaft 104 rotatable in the frame at the front of the machine. The end of the shaft 104 ad 'jacent to the rubbing members carries a universal oint 106 upon whlch is mounted a'work support, here shownas consistingof a swinging bar 108 upon which is mounted to slide a loop 110 drawn inward by. a spiral spring 112. The toeof the shoe, the heel of which is to be burnished,-is in-' serted in the loop- 110, in which position the breast of the heel contacts with a fulcrum point or rest furnished by a roll 114 rotatable upon the forward extremity of a bar 116, the opposite end of which surrounds a stub shaft 118 projecting from the frame, being clampedthereon by a screw 120 e tending through a divided portion'of the bar. Adjustment of the bar upon the shaft 118' varies the distance between the fulcrum roll 114 and burnishing members so if'desired, by any convenient means. Below thereceptacle, near the bottom of the frame, 1s pivoted an arm 124' upon the wide upper angular end 128 of which is fulcrumed a lever consisting of two pivotally connected arms 126 and 127 extending respectively over the top of the tank 122 and downwardly atone side thereof. Contacting pro jections 129 on the arms limit their-angular movement toward one another, while plungers 162 mounted in-a] series ofbores 'in the portion 128 of the arm 124 are pressed by springs 164faga-inst a cam surface 160 on. the arm 126 to normally maintain the projections 129 in contact. This arrangement allows the arm 126 to be swung back'manually upon its pivot, whenfde'sired, to clear 7 the topof the tank, The arm 126, at the extremity toward the burnishingmembers,

carries a yiel'dable applying member or pad is rotatably carried by a pin projecting from the side of a gear 186 which is free to turn upon the frame. Meshing with the gear is a pinion 138 fast upon a shaft 140 journaled in the frame at its rear portion. Upon the shaft 140 is a clutch 142, illustrated as of the aw type, one member turning loosely upon the shaft and having secured to it a pulley 144 which is constantly driven by a belt 146 from a belt surface .148 formed upon the crank disk 26. The co6pcrating clutch member is in two sections, one, 150, being secured to the shaft, 140 by a set screw while the other section 152 has a sleeve surrounding the shaft which is connected to turn with. the section 150 by a spiral spring .154. Movable on the clutch sleeve is a collar through which is threaded a screw 151, passing through an inclined slot 153 in the sleeve into a slot 155 in the shaft 140 and parallel to the axis thereof. The expansive force of this spring tends normally to force the jaws of the clutch into contact so that the shaft 140 may be rotated by the pulley 144, the engagement of the screw 151 with the slot 155 compelling clutch section 152 and the shaft to turn together.

To raise and lower the applying member 130 from the position to which it is moved by the arm 124 over the receptacle and over the burnishing members with respect to said 4 receptacle and burnishing members, the arm 1270f the applying lever carries a roll-156 operating over a cam surface 158 carried at one side of, the receptacle. As the lever 126127 is oscillated between the receptacle and the burnishing members by the rotation of the gear 136 andthe consequent rocking of the arm 124, the roll rides upon the cam surface, which isof such form that the lever is swung vertically upon the arm to raise and lower the applying member 130 at the proper times at its extreme points of movement by the arm.

To avoid carrying an excess of material upon the applying member 130 from the receptacle to the rubbing members, a transfer member is interposedbetween the applying member and receptacle. This, as illustrated, consists of a plate 166 which may be immersed in the contents of the receptacle and when raised carries upon its upper surface a suitable layer of the material to the applyingmemben I have shown the plate as in the form of a swinging shelf atv the ends of which are lugs 168 pivoted upon the double parallel arms 170 of a lever 172 fulcrumed at one end of the receptacle. Beyond the fulcrum the lever has. a single arm 178, upon the upper side of which is a cam surface 176 over which rubs a contact mem her 174 carried by the portion 128 of the arm 124. In the oscillation of the arm 124 the contact member moves over the cam that at the extreme of rearward movement of the arm, when the applying member 130 is within. the receptacle, the transfer plate 166 is raised from its position in the fluid into contact with the applying surface, I

It is desired to apply material in the re- 7 ceptacle to the burnishing members in some predetermined relation to the operation upon the work, as after a complete burnish ing action upon asingle shoe heel. T0 attain this, the clutch controlling the driving of the shaft 140, and thereforethe operation of the supplying mechanism, is governed by the work support through the shaft 82 and connecting sprocket gearing. 7

Upon the shaft 82 is a collar '17 8 fixed in place bya set screw and having a pin 180 movable in the rotation of the shaft to contact with a detent 182 pivoted upon a retaining member or latch 184. The opposite extremity of the latch swings upon a fixed arm 186, and in the under surface of the latch isa notch 188 which may be engaged by a projection 190 upon the section 152 of the clutch. 'Normally, or when the work support is in its initial position as illustrated in Fig.2 of the drawings, the jaws of the clutch aresepa'rated, being so re tainedagainst the tension of the spring 154 by the engagement of the projection 190 with the notch 188, and thepin 180 is just at the inner side; of the detent 182. As the shaft 82 is rotated through the sprocket gearing by turning theflwork support in burnishing the heel, the pin passes idly under the detent, :the latter being so mounted as to permit it to yield. Upon the return movement of the work support, as the heel is being passed over the burnishing members clutch longitudinally of the shaft 140 sothat the jaws are brought into engagement, causing the shaft to be rotated by the action of the pulley 144. "This continues through a complete rotation ofthe shaft and one cycle of movement ofthe wax-applying mechanism, at the end of which time the projection 190 again engages the notch 188. In the continued rotation of the collar and shaft after the sleeve has been stopped by this engagement the screw 151 travels in the inclined slot 153, thus sliding the collar to a second time, the pin strikes the detent,

7 per extremities.

the left, as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings,

the rubbing -members which they control from the work at such times as they might contact with the upper 'of the shoe. The toe of the shoe the heel of which is to be burnished is then insertedvin the loop 110 of the work support, the breast of the heel resting upon the roll 114. In the vertical posis tion of the work support, illustrated in Fig. 2, one of the forward edges of the heel may be brought into contact with the burnishing members which, as they are oscillated by the shaft 12, operate over'the entire height of the heel, they yielding to compensate for any imperfections of adjustment or inequalities in form. As the work support is rotated, the cams are correspondingly moved and the outerseries of rubbing members, which are first held out of contact with the shoe to avoid injury to the upper, are allowed to come into contact with the heel, this occurring when the work support is approxiv mately in a horizontal position. 'As it rises, the cams again separatethe outer seriesof members from the work. After having'operated over the surface of the heel in one direction, the 'movement of the support is reversed for secondoperation to complete the burnishing, the cams again controlling the positions of the outerseries of rubbing members. When the work support approaches its lowest point, the clutch retaining member 184 is tripped bythe contact of thepin 180 with the detent 182. Thus, after a complete burnishing operation, the I wax-applying mechanism is thrown into action, and the applying member 130, having taken its charge of war; from the transfer member 166, is moved forward by the arm 124 until it contacts'with the rubbing faces near their; up-

The oscillation of these faces distributes the War: 1 over the entire working length in preparation for burnishing the succeeding heel and the member 130 is returned to its position above the receptacle to receive thesucceedingcharge. When the applying member 130 strikes either the transfer member or the burnishing members, the arm 126 may yield upwardly against the tension ofthe springs 164. 1 This insures firm contact in both'instances. V a

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is':

,1. In a heel finishing machine, a series of work-rubbing members, the work and the rubbing members traveling relatively to one another to present successive-portions ofthe work to the rubbing action, and means for producing a relative movement of separation between part of the rubbing members: and

the work during the travel whereby said 1 part of themembers are wholly prevented from acting on predetermined. portions of said work opposite which they are situated.

2. In a machine of the class described, an

oscillatory work-rubbing member, means for guiding the work over the member, and means for separating the member and work during a portion of the travel of theavork.

3. In a machine of the class described, a work-rubbing member, and means governed by the movement of the work in a'plurality of directions for moving said member out of contact with the Work. 7 a I 4. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of work-rubbing members, and means governed by the movement of, the work in opposite directions over the rubbing members for varying the position of said members with respect to thework, I I 5. In a heel-burnis'hing ,machine, a plurality of movable burnishing'members for operating upon the heel,and means governed by the position of the heel for moving a burnishing member into and out of contact with said heel whereby an irregularly shaped heel may be burnished without Iionjury to the upper'by the burnishingmemer. Y

6. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of work-rubbing members operat ing side by side upon adjacent portions of the work,'and means for differently varying the position of said members with respect to the work. 7 r

7 In a machine of the class described, work-rubbing member, and means governed by the workfor moving said member out of contact with said work during a portion of the operation.

8. In a machine of the class described, a

plurality of rubbing members operating side by side over successive portions of-the work, and means for producing a relative movement between certain of the members and the work'whereby they are separated.

to one another, and means acting upon plumeans turning with the support for governing the moving means. 134111 a machine of work-rubbing member, means for moving the member, a rotatable work support, and sprocket gearingconnecting the support and moving means. r

14. In a burnishing machine, a reciprocatory carrier,-a burnishing tool mounted upon the'carrier, means for oscillating the tool, and means operating upon the carrier to move the tool toward and-from the work. I

15. In a burnishing machine, a slidable carrier, a burnishing tool mounted to turn upon the carrier, a cam cooperating with the carrier, and a rock-shaft cooperating with the tool.

16. In a machine of'the class described, a series of closely adjacent work-rubbing members, means for mounting a portion of the members to yield with respect to the work, and means for moving another portion of the members toward and from the work. x

17. Ina machine of the class describecha plurality of work-rubbing members, means for mounting a greater portion of the members to yield to conform to the contour of the work, and means for moving other members toward and from the work. i

18. In a. machine of the class described, a plurality of worlcrubbing members aline d in a direction transverse to their rubbing action, means for mounting a portion of the members to yield with-respectto the work, and means for moving another portion of the-members out of contact with the work during a portion of the operation.

19. In a heel-burnishing machine, a plurality of movable burnishing members for operating upon the heel, means for determining the position of a portion of the members to conform to the contour of the heel, and means controlledby the position of the heel for moving another portion of the members into and out of contact with saidheel whereby an irregularly shaped heel may be burnished without injuring the upper.

20.-In aheel-burnishing machine, a plurality of movable burnishing members, and means constructed and arranged to move said memberswhereby they may becaused to conform generally to the contour of the heel to be burnished. v

the class described, a 3

21. In a machine of the class described, oscillatory actuating means, a plurality of carriersv cooperating with the actuating means, and rubbing members mounted upon the carriers and being movable with respect to the actuating means. 1

22. Ina machine of the class described, oscillatory actu'ating'means, a plurality of carriers cooperating with the actuating means, rubbing members mounted upon the carriers, and means constructed and arranged to fix the carriers in different positions upon the actuating means. 1

23. In a machine of the class described,

oscillatory actuating means, a plurality of carriers cooperating with the actuating means, and rubbing members yieldably mounted upon the carriers.

2a. In a machine of the class deseribed,v oscillatory actuating means, a plurality of carriers cooperating with the actuating means, rubbing members yiel'dably mounted upon the carriers, and means constructed and arranged to fix the carriers in different gaging the rock-shaft, and a burnishing member mounted upon the carrier. 7

27. In a burnishing machine, a rock-shaft, a carrier mounted-to slide on the rock-shaft, a burnishing member movable upon the carrier, and a spring interposed between the carrier and burnishing member.

28. Ina burnishing machine, a rock sliaft, a carrier mounted to slide on the rock-shaft, a screw threaded throughthe carrier andengaging the rock-shaft, a burnishing member movable upon the carrier, and a spring interposed between the carrier and burnishing member. 7 1

29. In a burnishing machine, an actuating member, a plurality of rubbing members mounted upon the actuatingmember and being provided with slots, and connecting members common to adjacent rubbing members and cooperating with the slots.

, 30, In a bu-rnishing machine, an actuating member, a plurality of rubbing members mounted upon the actuating member and being provided with slots extending in different directions, and akey having angular portions entering the slots. '7

31. In a burnishing machine, a rock-shaft including a sleeve and-a shaftwithin said sleeve, both sleeve and shaft havingsquared portions, and burnishing means mounted upon the squared portions.

32. In a machine offthe class described, a frame, a series of rubbing members mov able upo'n'the frame, and a retaining mema frame including opposite plates having slots, a series of rubbing members movable between the plates, a retaining member engaging a rubbing member, and bolts extending through-the slots and contacting with the retaining member.

85; In 'a machine of the class described,

a plurality 'of rubbing members situated in proximity to. one another, and means for oscillating the members to effect their rub bing action, each of said members in its oscillation operating over the same area as those adjacent to it. v

36. In a machine of the class described, a series of work engaging members movable in contact with one another in their operation upon the work but held by such contact against lateral movement, said members having extended rubbing faces lying at an angle to the direction of operating movement.

37. In a machine of the class described, work-engaging members having extended rubbing facesyand means for oscillating the members to effect their rubbing action, said members. overlapping one another in the direction of. oscillation.

38. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of rubbing members having parallel supporting portions and work-engaging portions lying at an angle to the supporting. portions, and means. for moving the members together about the supporting portions.

39. In a machine of the class described; a member for operating upon-the work, a ma 'terial receptacle, means for intermittently applying the material to the member, and means for transferring the material from the receptacle to the applying means.

40. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle fora finishing medium, an applying membermovable from a pointin proximity to-the receptacle to the finishing member, and a transfer member movable from within the receptacle intocontactwith the applying member.

ing member, a receptacle for a finishing medium, and a plurality of oscillatory mem bers cooperating to deliver the finishing medium fromthereceptacle to the finishing member.

a means.

41. In ashoe-finishing machine, a finish- 42.- In ashoe-finishing machine,a-finishing member, a receptacle for a, fimshi-ng medium, aplurality ofoscillatory members cooperating todeliver the finishing medium from the receptacle to the finishing member, and relatively fixedmeans for oscillating one of the members. a c

4:3. Ina shoe-finishing machine, acfinishing member, a receptacle for a finishing medium, a plurality of oscillatory members cooperating to deliver the finishing medium 1 from the receptacle to the finishing member, and relatively fixed means for oscillating one of the members, said members cooperat- ]ing to effect theyoscillation of another flmem 61'. i I x 44. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle fora finishing medium, a transfer member, means'for immersing the transfer'member- 1n the finish.-

ing medium and withdrawing it therefrom,

and a member movable alternately intocoir tact with the transfer member and'with the finishing member. I i

45. In. a shoe-finishing machine, a plurality of finishing members,a receptacle for a finishing medium, flexible means for inter mittently applying the medium to the'members, and means for transferring the medium from the receptacle tothe applying 46. In a shoe-finishing machinepafinisln ing member, a receptacle for a' finishing medium, movable means for intermittently applying the medium tothe member, and

movable means for transferring the medium from the receptacle to the applying means,-

one of said means effecting the movement of the other. a i

47. In a shoe-finishing ing member, a receptacle for 'a -finis'hing medium, means for-intermittently applying machine, a finish-.

the medium to the member, and means actuated by the applying means for transferring the medium from the receptacle togthe' applying means.

48. In ashoe-finishing machine, afinishing member, a receptacle for afinis'hing medium, means forintermittent'ly applying v the medium to the member, and means movable into and out of the medium'and contacting w1th the applying means to transfer is out of said medium. g

49. In a burmshmg mach1ne,'the"co'mbithe mediumt'thereto when the movable 'means' nation with a burnishing member and awax receptacle, of an oscillatory arm, a'lever fulc'rumed'upon the arm and provided with a wax-applying surface, and means for 05011- lating the arm and roclnng'the lever thereon to move the wax-applying. surface into cooperation with both the receptacle and member.

50. In a burnishing machine, the combination with a burnishing member and'a wax 60 actuating arm for movingthe lever, and

receptacle, of an oscillatory arm, a lever fulcrumed upon the arm and provided with a wax-applying surface, means for oscillating the arm to move the wax-applying surface between points over the receptacle and over the burnishing member, and means for rocklng the lever upon the arm to move the waxapplying member toward and from the receptacle and member.

51. In a burmshing machlne, the combination with a burnlshlng member and a wax receptacle, of an oscillatory arm, a lever fulcrumed upon the arm and provided with a wax-applying surface, means for oscillating the arm, a lever having a wax-transferring surface, and means for moving the transferring' surface into the-wax and into .co-

operation with the applyin surface.

52. In a burnishing mac ine, the combination with a burnishlng member and a wax receptacle, of an oscillatory arm, a lever V fulcrumed upon the arm and provided with a wax-applying surface, means for oscillating the arm, a lever having a wax-transferring surface, and means carried by the arm for moving-the transferring surface into the wax and into cooperation with the applying surface.

53. In a burnishing machine, the combination with a burnishing memberand a wax receptacle, of an oscillatory arm, a lever fulcrumed upon the arm and provided with p a wax-applying surface, means for oscillatlng thev arm to -move the wax-applying sur face between points over the receptacle and over the burnishing member, and a cam for rocking the lever upon the arm to move the wax-applying member toward and from the receptacle and member. Y

' 54. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle for a finishing medium, an arm provided with an applying surface movable between the receptacle and finishing member, and a mounting for said arm permitting it to yield upon contact of its applying surface.

c 55. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle fora finishing medium, a lever having two arms, one of which is provided with an applying surface movable between the receptacle and finishing member, and a connection between the. arms permitting the applying arm torbe swung clear of the receptacle independently of the associated arm. r V

56. In 'a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle for a finishingme dium, a lever having an arm provided with .an applying surface and "also having an actuating arm, means cooperating with the yieldable connections between the arms.

7 57. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finish-' ing member, areceptacle for a finishing medium, an oscillatory member, and a lever carriedby the member and comprising arms pivoted to one another, one of said arms being provided with an applying member cooperating with the receptacle and the finishing member in the movement of the oscillatory member. 1

58. In a shoe-finishing machine, a finishing member, a receptacle for a finishing medium, an oscillatory member, a lever'carried by the member and comprising arms pivoted to one another,- one of said arms being provided with an applying member cooperating with the receptacle and finishing member in the movement of the oscillatory member,

and a springcarried by the oscillatory memher and acting to hold the lever arms in a means, and means operating subsequently to a complete application of the work to the operating means for governing the action of the supplying means. v

61. In a machine of the class described,

means for operating upon the work, movable means for supplying material to the operating means, means for controlling the movement of the supplying means, a movable work support, and connections between the work support and controlling means.

62. In a machine of the class described,

meansfor operating upon the work, movable means for supplying material to the operating means, means'for controllingthe movement' of the supplying means, a movable work support, and connections between the work support and controlling means said connections being constructed and arranged toaffect the'controlling means after a predetermined movement of the work support. 68. A machine for burnishing the heels of shoes, comprising a burnishing member,

traveling wax-applying means, a shoe support, means for controlling the travel of the applying means, andconnections between the support and controlling means" constructed and arrangedto actuate the controlling means after the surface of theheel to be burnished has been presented to theburnishing member. I

64. In a machine of the class described,

work-rubbing members, a receptacle, mechanism for transferring material from the receptacle to the rubbing members, driving means, shift'able' connections between the driving means and the transferring mechacausing their disengagement upon a predetermined movement of the mechanism.

66. In a machine of the class described, work-rubbing members, a receptacle, mechanism for transferring material from the receptacle to the rubbing members, driving means, a clutch between the driving means and the transferring mechanism, a retaining member for the clutch, a movable work sup port, and means operable from the work support to actuate the retaining member.

67. In a machine of the class'described, work-rubbing members, a receptacle, mecha nism for transferring material from the receptacle to the rubbing members, driving means, a clutch between the driving means and the transferring mechanism, a spring tending to hold sections of the clutch in cooperation, a latch engaged by one of the clutch sections under the tension of the spring, a work support, and means controlled by the work support for releasing the clutch from the latch.

68. In a machine of the class described, work-rubbing members, a receptacle, mechanism for transferring material from the receptacle to the rubbing members, driving means, a clutch between the driving means and the transferring mechanism, a spring tending to hold sections of the clutch in cooperation, alatch engaged by one of the clutch sections under the tension of the spring, a work support, and means controlled by the work support for temporarily releasing the clutch from the latch to permit the engagement of the sections, the latch thereafter cooperating with the clutch to disengage the sections.

69. In a machine of the class described,

a rubbing member, means for controlling the position of the member, means for applying material to the member, and means common to both for governing the control- 1 ling means andthe applying means.

70. In a machine of the class described,

a rubbing member, means for controlling the position of the member, means for applying material to the member, and movable means common to both for governing the controlling means and the applying means, said common means requiring a different number of movements to operatively affect the controlling means and applying means.

71. In a machine of the class described,

a rubbing member,-means for controlling the position of the-member, means for applying material to the member, and movable means common to both for governing the controlling means: and the applying means, said common means operatively affecting the controlling means in each movement and the applying means only upon a plurality of movements. g

72. In a machine of the class described, a rubbing memberymeans for controlling the position of the member, means for applying material .to the member, driving mechanism therefor, a work support, a shaft connected to the work support, and means carried by the shaft for controlling the rubbing member and the'driving mechanism. 7,

73. In a machlne of the class described, a rubbing member, means for controlllng' the position of the member, means for apply ng material to the member, driving mechanism therefor, a retaining member for the driving mechanism, a shaft connected to the work support, a cam fixed to the shaft and cooperating with the rubbing member, and a member movable with the shaft and contacting with the retaining member.

74. Ina heel-burnishing machine, a plurality of movable burnishing members for operating upon the heel, and means gov erned by the position of the heel for con trolling the operation of the burni'shing members in sucha manner that a heel may be burnished without injury to the upper.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JoHNjF; STANDISH. 

